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Im about to start designing a whole new world from scratch. Im wondering if its worth picking up Fractal Terrains ?

Ive already got CC3, DD3 etc so thought it might be nice to make use of the full suite. Anyone got any advice ?

Regards....

Well, here's the Thing.

You COULD pick up FT Pro. But if you are only going to use to make 1 world, there is not that much point in doing so. It's a nice program, but really limited in scope of making a single world (it can be done).

There is a Demo Version available. Try it out and see if it does what you want. It will work for 14 days.

Of course, if you are like me, I own almost the entire suite of programs, with only a few I don't own, like:

Cosmographer
Castle source
City Source
Temple Source
Modern Symbol set

And I have Bought CC V5, V6, V6 Pro, and CC3 so I am a bit of a CC3 goob

Fractal Terrains Pro gives you infinite worlds at your fingertips. FT-Pro will create any number of beautiful worlds based on your parameters. To create a random world, start from scratch or use real world data. Now's your chance to try FT-Pro for free!

Download Fractal Terrains Pro, and try it free for 14 days. The demo version has limited resolution export, and no real-world data, but is otherwise fully functional. After 14 days, you will no longer be able to save.